A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

by William Smith

[8] The As to which this Uncia and the above Scrupulum belong is the Jugerum. The other uncial divisions of the Jugerum may easily be calculated from the Uncia. The Semissis is, of course, the Actus Quadratus.

[9] i.e. almost 5-8ths of an acre.

[10] i.e. almost an acre and a quarter.

[11] i.e. almost 500 acres.

TABLE VII.
GRECIAN MEASURES OF CAPACITY.

I. Attic Liquid Measures.												Gallons.	Pints.	Approximate.[12]
														Gallons.	Pints.
Κοχλιάριον												“	·008	”	1/120
2	Χήμη											“	·016	”	1/60
2½	1¼	Μύστρον										“	·02	”	1/48
5	2½	2	Κόγχη									“	·04	”	1/24
10	5	4	2	ΚΎΑΘΟΣ								“	·08	”	1/12
15	1½	6	3	1½	Ὀξύβαφον							“	·12	”	⅛
30	15	12	6	3	2	Τέταρτον						“	·24	”	¼
60	30	24	12	6	4	2	Κοτύλη, Τρυβλίον or Ἡμίνα					“	·48	”	½
120	60	48	24	12	8	4	2	ΞΈΣΤΗΣ (Sextarius)				“	·96	”	1
720	360	288	144	72	48	24	12	6	ΧΟΥΣ			“	5·76	”	6
5760	2880	2304	1152	576	384	192	96	48	8	Roman Amphora (κεράμιον)		5	6·08	6	”
8640	4320	3456	1728	864	576	288	144	72	12	1½	ΑΜΦΟΡΕΥΣ ΜΕΤΡΗΤΗΣ	8	5·12	9	”

N.B.—The Aeginetan measures of capacity may be easily calculated from these, according to the ratio given under [Quadrantal].

[12] As the Sextarius differs from the English pint by only 1-25th part of the latter, it will be found useful, in ordinary rough calculations, to take it at exactly a pint, and so with the other measures in this table. The results thus obtained may be corrected by subtracting from each of them its 1-25th part.